单词 | turf-boy |
释义 | > as lemmasturf-boy turf-boy n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > workers with other materials > [noun] > with peat or turf turverc1440 graver1483 turf-cutter1819 turf-boy1905 1905 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 58 There was the turf boy whose duty it was to fill the turf-boxes. 1906 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Some Irish Yesterdays 71 In those days the turf-boy was an institution... All day they plied bare-foot between the turf-house and the various fuel-depôts of the house with baskets. < as lemmas |
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